For your Seminar in class, you will be required to bring 10 good questions (and the corresponding answers, in your own words/notes and works cited).
Questions can be about:
historical relevance of the reading
biographical information about King
literary merit: style, tone, diction, techniques
interesting facts re: background of the essay, people, setting, etc.
2. Please ensure that you have multiple copies of these questions. One for you, one for your partner and one to be submitted to me for evaluation.
Along with the questions, you should include a WORKS CITED page. Please use MLA Format to complete this. For ease of reference, at the end of each question/answer, you should cite the sources which will be keyed to the Works Cited page. This way I will know where your research came from for each question and can find these easily. Use parenthetical referencing at the end of each question.
3. During the Seminar:
sit next to your partner; share notes if you have to or have copies for both of you of your research and your questions
you can bring in pictures, brief Audio/Visual clips (2-3 min), books, magazines to introduce your question/research or illustrate your point.
be prepared to lead a question. When I ask you to lead one, choose the best one from the selection that you have created that you think would stimulate good discussion. As a moderator of that question, you will be responsible for soliciting responses from your peers. Please choose a variety of speakers and if some students are silent, you can call them by name and encourage a response from them.
Evaluation: See below for how to lead a seminar and for the rubric. Participate by raising your hand and contributing to others' topics for discussion.
4. At the End of the Seminar:
submit your research to me. This should consist of:
PARTICIPATION RUBRIC FOR SEMINAR DISCUSSION: along with my checking off how many times you speak during the seminar, I will evaluate the content of your responses to the questions
- For your Seminar in class, you will be required to bring 10 good questions (and the corresponding answers, in your own words/notes and works cited).
Questions can be about:2. Please ensure that you have multiple copies of these questions. One for you, one for your partner and one to be submitted to me for evaluation.
Along with the questions, you should include a WORKS CITED page. Please use MLA Format to complete this. For ease of reference, at the end of each question/answer, you should cite the sources which will be keyed to the Works Cited page. This way I will know where your research came from for each question and can find these easily. Use parenthetical referencing at the end of each question.
3. During the Seminar:
4. At the End of the Seminar:
- submit your research to me. This should consist of:
a) 10 questions and corresponding answers/research (in your own words), well-documentedb) Works Cited Page, following the MLA Format (see below)...remember to alphabetize
c) I do not require your other notes and I do not want pages printed from the internet or photocopies of text
THE SEMINAR: some useful links
How to Lead a Seminar
How to Give a Good Seminar
Facilitating a Good Discussion
How to Participate in a Seminar
Parenthetical Referencing (for your questions)
HOW TO CREATE A WORKS CITED PAGE: (remember to alphabetize list by last name and format properly)
General Guidelines
Documenting a page from a website
Documenting an entire website
MLA format
Easy Bib
Son of Citation
PARTICIPATION RUBRIC FOR SEMINAR DISCUSSION: along with my checking off how many times you speak during the seminar, I will evaluate the content of your responses to the questions